A PRAYER FOR OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS OFF TO COLLEGE

Creator of all things

We send off our sons and daughters,

Your sons and daughters,

Into the world, your world, 

your great creation

Enlighten them that they

May begin to understand 

The mysteries and joys of that creation

Give them knowledge

That they may share it

And use their strength to help the weak

And be equals with the strong

That they provide succor to the sickly

And be a balm to the afflicted

That they become a light to those in darkness

And learn the power of humility

That they realize the chance

That they've been given

By those who never got to take

The journey that they've just begun

Straighten the crooked roads before them

Make plane the mountains and the vales

And quell the clouds of storms

That they may find their way in joyful peace...

And learn

To be

Good men and women